When 25-year-old Bieber took to Instagram to share his opinion, he compared Brown to the likes of Michael Jackson and Tupac, writing: "Everyone wants to wait til people die To give them the credit they deserve.

"I'm calling it now. When CB passes away after a long full life, you will miss what you had in front of you the whole time ... trust me, watch, you will see.

"The people who have over looked this man's talent because of a mistake he made... you need to reevaluate! Love you @chrisbrownofficial."

Back in 2017 Chris Brown released a short documentary Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life, where he opened up about the incident.

He explained: "So then she hits me a couple more times. It doesn't go from translation to, 'Let's sit down, I'm telling you the truth.' So now I'm going to be mean and be evil. Like, I remember she tried to kick me, just like her beating shit.

"But then I really hit her. With a closed fist. Like I punched her, and it busted her lip. And when I saw it I was in shock, I was... 'Fuck, why did I hit her like that?'

"So from there she's spitting blood in my face, it raised me even more. It's a real fight in the car, and we driving in the street. I'm like, 'Yo, we tripping, what the fuck, what are we doing?'"

Rebecca Shepherd

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